The Smashing Pumpkins 1996-08-23

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August 23, 1996 – Chicago, IL, US
Live performance by The Smashing Pumpkins
Infinite Sadness tour
DateAugust 23, 1996
VenueMetro
Coordinates41°56′59″N 87°39′40″W
LocationChicago, IL, US
Venue typeClub
Capacity1,100
PersonnelBilly Corgan, James Iha, D'arcy Wretzky, Matt Walker, Dennis Flemion
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August 23, 1996 is the first Smashing Pumpkins performance following the death of Jonathan Melvoin and Jimmy Chamberlin's firing. Matt Walker filled in on drums, and would continue to for the remainder of the tour.

Setlist

  1. "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" (over PA) 
  2. "Where Boys Fear to Tread" 
  3. "Zero" 
  4. "Cherub Rock" 
  5. "To Forgive" 
  6. "Tonight, Tonight" 
  7. "Thru the Eyes of Ruby" 
  8. "Rocket" 
  9. "Thirty-Three" 
  10. "Disarm" 
  11. "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" 
  12. "Fuck You" 
  13. "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" 

Encore one

  1. "Muzzle" 
  2. "X.Y.U." 

Encore two

  1. (improv: "Wisconsin Cheese")
  2. "1979" 
  3. "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)" (live debut)
  4. "Silverfuck" 
    1. "Space Jam" (tease) 

Notes

  • Matinee, doors opened at 11 AM
  • "Thirty-Three" and "Disarm" performed acoustic
  • First performance of "The Aeroplane Flies High (Turns Left, Looks Right)"
  • "Wisconsin Cheese" improv and "1979" with The Frogs

Banter

(unknown)

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